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-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/modes.texi17
-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS6
-rw-r--r--lisp/bookmark.el6
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el13
-rw-r--r--lisp/files.el7
-rw-r--r--lisp/net/eww.el2
-rw-r--r--lisp/net/nsm.el1
-rw-r--r--lisp/net/tramp-cache.el2
-rw-r--r--lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el27
-rw-r--r--lisp/saveplace.el2
10 files changed, 45 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/modes.texi b/doc/lispref/modes.texi
index fc68ee1b322..eaee56f0a32 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/modes.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/modes.texi
@@ -1352,19 +1352,11 @@ illustrate how these modes are written.
@end smallexample
The three modes for Lisp share much of their code. For instance,
-each calls the following function to set various variables:
-
-@smallexample
-@group
-(defun lisp-mode-variables (&optional syntax keywords-case-insensitive elisp)
- (when syntax
- (set-syntax-table lisp-mode-syntax-table))
- @dots{}
-@end group
-@end smallexample
+Lisp mode and Emacs Lisp mode inherit from Lisp Data mode and Lisp
+Interaction Mode inherits from Emacs Lisp mode.
@noindent
-Amongst other things, this function sets up the @code{comment-start}
+Amongst other things, Lisp Data mode sets up the @code{comment-start}
variable to handle Lisp comments:
@smallexample
@@ -1414,7 +1406,7 @@ Finally, here is the major mode command for Lisp mode:
@smallexample
@group
-(define-derived-mode lisp-mode prog-mode "Lisp"
+(define-derived-mode lisp-mode lisp-data-mode "Lisp"
"Major mode for editing Lisp code for Lisps other than GNU Emacs Lisp.
Commands:
Delete converts tabs to spaces as it moves back.
@@ -1425,7 +1417,6 @@ Note that `run-lisp' may be used either to start an inferior Lisp job
or to switch back to an existing one."
@end group
@group
- (lisp-mode-variables nil t)
(setq-local find-tag-default-function 'lisp-find-tag-default)
(setq-local comment-start-skip
"\\(\\(^\\|[^\\\n]\\)\\(\\\\\\\\\\)*\\)\\(;+\\|#|\\) *")
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c4911726a85..8fc23111590 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ These new navigation commands are bound to 'n' and 'p' in
* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 28.1
+*** Lisp Data mode
+The new command 'lisp-data-mode' enables a major mode for buffers
+composed of Lisp symbolic expressions that do not form a computer
+program. The '.dir-locals.el' file is automatically set to use this
+mode, as are other data files produced by Emacs.
+
* Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 28.1
diff --git a/lisp/bookmark.el b/lisp/bookmark.el
index 720ad18c16f..f2384973e9c 100644
--- a/lisp/bookmark.el
+++ b/lisp/bookmark.el
@@ -734,8 +734,10 @@ CODING is the symbol of the coding-system in which the file is encoded."
(if (memq (coding-system-base coding) '(undecided prefer-utf-8))
(setq coding 'utf-8-emacs))
(insert
- (format ";;;; Emacs Bookmark Format Version %d ;;;; -*- coding: %S -*-\n"
- bookmark-file-format-version (coding-system-base coding)))
+ (format
+ ";;;; Emacs Bookmark Format Version %d\
+;;;; -*- coding: %S mode: lisp-data -*-\n"
+ bookmark-file-format-version (coding-system-base coding)))
(insert ";;; This format is meant to be slightly human-readable;\n"
";;; nevertheless, you probably don't want to edit it.\n"
";;; "
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
index 98c44161ad0..7098a41f274 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
@@ -611,6 +611,8 @@ Value for `adaptive-fill-function'."
;; a single docstring. Let's fix it here.
(if (looking-at "\\s-+\"[^\n\"]+\"\\s-*$") ""))
+;; Maybe this should be discouraged/obsoleted and users should be
+;; encouraged to use `lisp-data-mode` instead.
(defun lisp-mode-variables (&optional lisp-syntax keywords-case-insensitive
elisp)
"Common initialization routine for lisp modes.
@@ -658,6 +660,14 @@ font-lock keywords will not be case sensitive."
(setq-local electric-pair-skip-whitespace 'chomp)
(setq-local electric-pair-open-newline-between-pairs nil))
+;;;###autoload
+(define-derived-mode lisp-data-mode prog-mode "Lisp-Data"
+ "Major mode for buffers holding data written in Lisp syntax."
+ :group 'lisp
+ (lisp-mode-variables t t nil)
+ (setq-local electric-quote-string t)
+ (setq imenu-case-fold-search nil))
+
(defun lisp-outline-level ()
"Lisp mode `outline-level' function."
(let ((len (- (match-end 0) (match-beginning 0))))
@@ -737,7 +747,7 @@ font-lock keywords will not be case sensitive."
"Keymap for ordinary Lisp mode.
All commands in `lisp-mode-shared-map' are inherited by this map.")
-(define-derived-mode lisp-mode prog-mode "Lisp"
+(define-derived-mode lisp-mode lisp-data-mode "Lisp"
"Major mode for editing Lisp code for Lisps other than GNU Emacs Lisp.
Commands:
Delete converts tabs to spaces as it moves back.
@@ -746,7 +756,6 @@ Blank lines separate paragraphs. Semicolons start comments.
\\{lisp-mode-map}
Note that `run-lisp' may be used either to start an inferior Lisp job
or to switch back to an existing one."
- (lisp-mode-variables nil t)
(setq-local lisp-indent-function 'common-lisp-indent-function)
(setq-local find-tag-default-function 'lisp-find-tag-default)
(setq-local comment-start-skip
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index fa72e51c497..56d4679ad7d 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -2657,6 +2657,13 @@ since only a single case-insensitive search through the alist is made."
("\\.ltx\\'" . latex-mode)
("\\.dtx\\'" . doctex-mode)
("\\.org\\'" . org-mode)
+ ;; .dir-locals.el is not really elisp. Could use the
+ ;; `dir-locals-file' constant if it weren't defined below.
+ ("\\.dir-locals\\(-2\\)?\\.el\\'" . lisp-data-mode)
+ ("eww-bookmarks\\'" . lisp-data-mode)
+ ("tramp\\'" . lisp-data-mode)
+ ("places\\'" . lisp-data-mode)
+ ("\\.emacs-places\\'" . lisp-data-mode)
("\\.el\\'" . emacs-lisp-mode)
("Project\\.ede\\'" . emacs-lisp-mode)
("\\.\\(scm\\|stk\\|ss\\|sch\\)\\'" . scheme-mode)
diff --git a/lisp/net/eww.el b/lisp/net/eww.el
index c83884fd259..a4544023f61 100644
--- a/lisp/net/eww.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eww.el
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ If CHARSET is nil then use UTF-8."
(defun eww-write-bookmarks ()
(with-temp-file (expand-file-name "eww-bookmarks" eww-bookmarks-directory)
- (insert ";; Auto-generated file; don't edit\n")
+ (insert ";; Auto-generated file; don't edit -*- mode: lisp-data -*-\n")
(pp eww-bookmarks (current-buffer))))
(defun eww-read-bookmarks ()
diff --git a/lisp/net/nsm.el b/lisp/net/nsm.el
index 2d36c5e2571..cc22427e6d1 100644
--- a/lisp/net/nsm.el
+++ b/lisp/net/nsm.el
@@ -964,6 +964,7 @@ protocol."
(defun nsm-write-settings ()
(with-temp-file nsm-settings-file
+ (insert ";;;; -*- mode: lisp-data -*-\n")
(insert "(\n")
(dolist (setting nsm-permanent-host-settings)
(insert " ")
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-cache.el b/lisp/net/tramp-cache.el
index 09e30f000f4..6d87ce297bc 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-cache.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-cache.el
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ used to cache connection properties of the local machine."
;; Dump it.
(with-temp-file tramp-persistency-file-name
(insert
- ";; -*- emacs-lisp -*-"
+ ";; -*- lisp-data -*-"
;; `time-stamp-string' might not exist in all Emacs flavors.
(condition-case nil
(progn
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
index f85fd771ca8..b737134f90c 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Comments in the form will be lost."
map))
;;;###autoload
-(define-derived-mode emacs-lisp-mode prog-mode
+(define-derived-mode emacs-lisp-mode lisp-data-mode
`("ELisp"
(lexical-binding (:propertize "/l"
help-echo "Using lexical-binding mode")
@@ -268,35 +268,26 @@ Blank lines separate paragraphs. Semicolons start comments.
\\{emacs-lisp-mode-map}"
:group 'lisp
(defvar project-vc-external-roots-function)
- (lisp-mode-variables nil nil 'elisp)
+ (setcar font-lock-defaults
+ '(lisp-el-font-lock-keywords
+ lisp-el-font-lock-keywords-1
+ lisp-el-font-lock-keywords-2))
+ (setf (nth 2 font-lock-defaults) nil)
(add-hook 'after-load-functions #'elisp--font-lock-flush-elisp-buffers)
(if (boundp 'electric-pair-text-pairs)
(setq-local electric-pair-text-pairs
(append '((?\` . ?\') (?\‘ . ?\’))
electric-pair-text-pairs))
(add-hook 'electric-pair-mode-hook #'emacs-lisp-set-electric-text-pairs))
- (setq-local electric-quote-string t)
- (setq imenu-case-fold-search nil)
(add-hook 'eldoc-documentation-functions
#'elisp-eldoc-documentation-function nil t)
(add-hook 'xref-backend-functions #'elisp--xref-backend nil t)
(setq-local project-vc-external-roots-function #'elisp-load-path-roots)
(add-hook 'completion-at-point-functions
#'elisp-completion-at-point nil 'local)
- ;; .dir-locals.el and lock files will cause the byte-compiler and
- ;; checkdoc emit spurious warnings, because they don't follow the
- ;; conventions of Emacs Lisp sources. Until we have a better fix,
- ;; like teaching elisp-mode about files that only hold data
- ;; structures, we disable the ELisp Flymake backend for these files.
- (unless
- (let* ((bfname (buffer-file-name))
- (fname (and (stringp bfname) (file-name-nondirectory bfname))))
- (and (stringp fname)
- (or (string-match "\\`\\.#" fname)
- (string-equal dir-locals-file fname))))
- (add-hook 'flymake-diagnostic-functions #'elisp-flymake-checkdoc nil t)
- (add-hook 'flymake-diagnostic-functions
- #'elisp-flymake-byte-compile nil t)))
+ (add-hook 'flymake-diagnostic-functions #'elisp-flymake-checkdoc nil t)
+ (add-hook 'flymake-diagnostic-functions
+ #'elisp-flymake-byte-compile nil t))
;; Font-locking support.
diff --git a/lisp/saveplace.el b/lisp/saveplace.el
index fa0e181bb10..f78639db246 100644
--- a/lisp/saveplace.el
+++ b/lisp/saveplace.el
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ may have changed) back to `save-place-alist'."
(delete-region (point-min) (point-max))
(when save-place-forget-unreadable-files
(save-place-forget-unreadable-files))
- (insert (format ";;; -*- coding: %s -*-\n"
+ (insert (format ";;; -*- coding: %s mode: lisp-data -*-\n"
(symbol-name coding-system-for-write)))
(let ((print-length nil)
(print-level nil))